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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (17581)11/4/2000 4:08:10 AM
From: jcholewaRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
> SPEC2000 is certainly debatable as a "primarily important benchmark," but Quake 3? Isn't Quake 3 pretty much the de
> facto standard for every hardware review out there, from processors to chipsets to 3D cards? If Pentium 4 does
> indeed perform very well on Quake 3, I'd think even the most anti-Intel reviewers out there (like Herr Docktor
> Uberclockermeister) would not be able to pooh-pooh those results without looking like hypocrites.

You miss my point, which is that NO single test should be considered a primarily important benchmark in its class.

If the Pentium 4 (or the Mustang/Athlon) is found to be killer in Quake III tests, then it should be announced that it is killer for Quake III. This should not automatically transfer into an announcement that the given processor is the best all-purpose gaming chip in the world. There are other 3D games, and few of them behave exactly like Quake III does with varied hardware combinations.

    -JC
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